We will learn how to create a REST endpoint that returns a hardcoded json response. Apart from that, we'll create deeply nested routes by following Next.js' file based router.

Create a Static REST Endpoint in Next.js

We're going to learn how to read dynamic segments from a URL using dynamic routes.

Create a Dynamic Next.js API route 

We're going to learn how to create an API route that can read at least one or more dynamic segments from a URL.

Create a Catch All Next.js API route 

We're going to learn how to create an API route that can read 0 or many dynamic segments from a URL.

Create an Optional Catch-All API Route in Next.js

You'll learn how to handle multiple HTTP verbs in your API route (GET, POST, PATCH, PUT and DELETE). Also, you'll learn how to create a fallback 404 route in case the request doesn't match what you need.

Handle Different HTTP Verbs in a Next.js API Route

In this lesson, you're going to learn how to create a Middleware that checks for the existence of an Authentication header. If that header doesn't exist, we'll terminate the request and let it continue if it does. We'll abstract that functionality in a middleware so we can reuse it in other API routes.

Add a Middleware to a Next.js API Route

We'll learn an alternative way of creating API routes using the next-connect package. next-connect gives us an alternative that would feel familiar to anyone that has worked with Express in the past.

- https://github.com/hoangvvo/next-connect

Create an API Route Using the next-connect Package

We'll learn how to create a middleware function for next-connect. This middleware will work at the route level, for example, for every request that hits the /api/next-connect-middleware endpoint, or at the HTTP verb level, GET /api/next-connect-middleware

Add Middleware to an API Route Created with next-connect

We'll learn how to use Next.js API Routes to hide sensitive information from the clients. In this case, we're calling the JSON Placeholder API with a "secret" value in the headers. All that sensitive information is hidden from the clients since they don't call, or even know, that we're calling the JSON Placeholder API under the hood.

Effectively Build RESTful APIs using Next.js API Routes

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